We are also available after hours and Sunday by appointments only.To set an appointment between 6am - 9am or After Hours Emergency, please call 813-479-3510.

WHO:

Sam DiFranco is Co-Founder and the Executive Business Director at Star Point Counseling Center. He will answer any questions you may have regarding counseling services, your insurance benefits, and the sliding scale. Sam will help you set up your appointment & help verify your insurance benefits in an easy, friendly, hassle free manner.

Clarissa Crystal-Belle,Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), is Co-Founder and Executive Clinical Director at Star Point Counseling Center. She has over 20 years of clinical therapy experience and has been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) since 1997.

Clarissa and her associates at Star Point Counseling Center are focused on providing highly effective counseling techniques in the Brandon, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Riverview, Plant City, Ruskin, and Apollo Beach areas in a relaxed atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.

WHAT:

At Star Point Counseling Center, there are two convenient locations for you to choose from in Brandon and Tampa. To view the Brandon website, click here.

We provide counseling service to individuals, couples, families, children, teens, and adults with any type of crises. We help you build tools as well as help design and implement individualized goals and objectives, help you sort out beliefs, thoughts, and behavior patterns that may be hindering you in your relationship(s) whether at the work place or in other areas of your life. We show you how to apply tools, skills, and strategies that are therapeutically designed to guide you toward a more fulfilling life experience.

We have the tools you need for managing pain, anxiety, disappointment, frustration, hopelessness or anger resulting from circumstances that interfere in your achieving a balanced and fulfilling lifestyle. By working together, we will show you how to set and achieve goals and objectives, therapeutically designed to meet your needs that will allow you to live the life you know that you deserve.

Clarissa Crystal-Belle, LMHC specializes in children, teens, couples, relationship and family dynamics, along with all of the services on our counseling services page. Clarissa's normal fee is $120 per session, with a sliding scale of $70 - $120 with proof of income.

We have a sliding scale from $40-$100 depending on annual household income. Proof of income required for sliding scale. We can see you the day you call or whenever possible. We have evening appointments available and weekends by appointment.

Our normal fee for a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) is $100 per session. However, with our sliding scale rates, it is $70-$100 per session - depending on your household income.

We also have Registered Interns and Mental Health Counselor Interns that work under the direct supervision of our Executive Clinical Director, Clarissa Crystal-Belle, LMHC; they provide similar counseling services. The fee to see a Registered Intern is $40-$60 on a sliding scale. Proof of income is required for sliding scale (pay stub or another form of income).

INSURANCES ACCEPTED:

We accept self pay and Major Insurances such as United Behavioral Healthcare, United Health Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Evolutions, ACI, and others. Some people prefer to self pay as it gives them a higher degree of confidentiality; we do provide phone session options for these clients.